I feel a lot more normal now! :)
[Source: Cannibal Comic]
A Car Chase from “Mad Max: Fury Road” Recreated In GTA V [Video]
Oh what a game! What a lovely game!
Mad Max Fury Road – GTA V cinematic on the PC! Created using the Rockstar Video Editor! All graphics settings on ULTRA using Fraps or NVIDIA ShadowPlay to record at full HD 2450 x 1440p resolution at 60 FPS!
All editing done using Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe After Effects CS6.
[TheSlothsDen | Via Kotaku]
Six-Figure Worth Apple I Dumped At Recycling Center
Credit: NBC Bay Area
A woman has tossed out a bunch of old computers for recycling in San Francisco — including a rare Apple I worth a six-figure sum.
The recycling center is now appealing for the woman to get in touch so that it can pay her $100,000. Staff at CleanBayArea have no record of the woman’s name or contact details, but say she would be recognized if she returned to make the claim.
The woman, thought to be in her 60s, visited the center in Milpitas a month ago. She dropped off “a couple of boxes of e-waste” of items left in her garage by her recently-deceased husband.
It wasn’t until staff opened up one of the packages that they discovered an Apple I computer. It’s one of just 200 units made in 1976 by Steve Wozniak at the Jobs family garage. Only around 50 are known to have survived, with just a handful in working order; it’s not known if the unit dropped off by the woman was working.
While CleanBayArea is primarily a service for businesses looking to clear their premises of obsolete material, it has a policy of selling potentially valuable items and splitting the proceeds with the person who brought it in for recycling.
It did so with the Apple 1, getting $200,000 from a private collector. The record sale price for any Apple 1 was $900,000 at a public auction last year, though most publicized sales in recent years have been in the low six figures.
New and Updated Chess Pieces For the Modern Age [Comic]
[Source: John Atkinson – Wrong Hands]
When Paper Cuts Become Fatal: A Brush with Death [Video]
From Corridor Digital:
Once again we return to the world of shifting perspectives, art demons, and the one man who keeps trying to clean it all up. Don’t let them grab you, or they’ll turn you into paper!
Watch 11,000 Marbles Go Down this Gigantic Marble Run Machine! [Video]
This amazing marble run machine was built by Jelle Bakker and features 4 different paths and 4 tipping containers can that hold over 11,000 marbles!
“Orange is the New Black” Next in Line for Funko Pop! Collectibles [PICS]
The critically acclaimed Orange is the New Black is back for a third season on Netflix starting June 12, and Funko has announced that five characters will be getting their own Pop! minis this summer!
[Orange is the New Black Pop! Vinyl Figure | via Entertainment Weekly]
The Code Black: A Sick-Looking, Compact, HD Camera Drone
HD camera drones (and drones in general) are becoming huge right now. Whether being used for war tactics or being used by some stoners to shoot fireballs at themselves and film it, drones are proving to be the next step in our technological revolution. The Code Black HD camera drone looks to take it even further by coming ready-to-fly right out of the box, with a built-in 720p camera, among other features:
The Code Black is a compact HD camera drone that comes ready to fly out of the box with a 720p camera. It features a six-axis flight control system with beginner and expert flying modes.
Order one on the cheap here (sale is for VERY limited time so act now) and thank me later.
Editor’s note: Amazon has an almost identical version for considerably cheaper, but they’re not all black.
Tags: awesome, camera drone, code black, HD camera drone, new, office toys, take my money, tech
With These Velvet Cloaks, Spell Casting & Vampire Slaying Never Looked So Good!
These plush velvet capes include a hood, matching drawstring…and even a secret pocket, for all your potion bottle, stake-carrying needs!
Made by Poprageous out of L.A., the cloaks come in Midnight, Black, and Oxblood, and will only set you back $119.
[via Fashionably Geek]
Autonomous Cheetah Robot Jumps Over Obstacles While Running [Video]
In a leap for robotic development, the MIT researchers who built a robotic cheetah have now trained it to see and jump over hurdles as it runs — making this the first four-legged robot to run and jump over obstacles autonomously.
[MIT]